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Born in Remscheid in Germany, Tillmans lived and worked in Hamburg at the end of the 1980s before moving to England. He took a course on photograhy at Bournemouth and Poole College from 1990 to 1992, and then moved to London.
Even before he moved to England, Tillmans was working for British fashion and style magazines. His work for them was apparently more spontaneous than most magazine photography, often seeming to catch fleeting moments. He typically photographed young people, sometimes clubbers or part of the gay scene, sometimes homeless. His work has often been compared to Nan Goldin who from around the 1980s documented Manhattan's Lower East Side in New York City in a similar way.
His initial work led to some degree of fame in the business, and within a couple of years he was photographing people like Moby and Blur's vocalist Damon AlbarnDamon Albarn (born March 23, 1968) is a British vocalist who originally became famous in the mid- 1990s with the rock band Blur. In recent years he has been on the music scene as a member of the Gorillaz. He also appeared on Fatboy Slim's 2004 album Paloo in a similar spontaneous style.
Tillmans' photographs are often exhibited clustered together in groups, thus drawing connections between apparently disparate images. In one installationInstallation can be used to refer to Installation (computer programs) of an operating system or program. Installation art., for example, an image of ConcordeThe Aerospatiale- BAC Concorde supersonic transport (SST) was one of only two supersonic passenger airliners to have seen commercial service. Concorde had a cruising speed of Mach 2. 04 and a cruise altitude of 56,000 feet ( 17,000 metres) with a delta wi sat along side a picture of some fruitIn botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant. In cuisine, when discussing fruit as food, the term usually refers to just those plant fruits that are sweet and fleshy, examples of which would be plum, apple, and or and a photo of Kate MossFor the writer and television presenter, see Kate Mosse. Kate Moss (born January 16, 1974), is an English supermodel who is best known as the "Face of Calvin Klein". Born in Addiscomb, Croydon, Surrey, England, Moss with a height of 5'8" is considered to.
As well as his work being shown in a range of places, both fashion magazines and galleries, Tillmans' work also show a wide range of subject matter. Apart from innocent, and what may be seen by many as rather banal, pictures of fruit or a pair of jeans over a bannister, he has photographed nudes and masturbating men. The kind of prints he exhibits also vary - inkjet prints are shown alongside expensive glossy shots and images taken from magazines.
Tillmans won the Turner PrizeThe Turner Prize is an annual prize given to a British visual artist under 50, named after the painter J. It is organized by the Tate art gallery, and since its beginnings in 1984 it has become the United Kingdom's most publicised art award. The prize mon in 2000. He has released a book, Burg.